See JAMB 2020 Repeated Questions On Government (Exams)

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) is a Nigerian entrance examination board for tertiary-level institutions. The board conducts entrance examinations for prospective undergraduates into Nigerian universities.

OBJECTIVES

1. In a democracy, sovereign authority is exercised by the
   A. people
   B. executive
   C. electorate
   D. legislature.
2. The agent through which the state undertakes political
   socialization is the
   A. school
   B. family
   C. peer group
   D. pressure group
3. Unicameral legislature is a common feature of
   A. presidentialism
   B. parliamentarism
   C. unitarism
   D. federalism
4. Independence of the judiciary is pertinent because it
   accords the judiciary the power to
   A. determine a fixed term of office for the judges
   B. dismiss any judge who has breached the judicial code of
   conduct
   C. enables the judge to try and decide cases without bias
   D. determines a fixed salary for judges.
5. In a unitary system of government, power is concentrated
   at the centre
   A. without devolution
   B. with devolution
   C. with residual functions
   D. without residual functions

1. In a confederation, the constituency that a member of
   legislature represents is a
   A. senatorial district
   B. parliamentary constituency
   C. nation-state
   D. region
2. In a constitutional monarchy, the authority to remove the
   head of state is exercised by the
   A. legislature
   B. head of government
   C. cabinet
   D. prime minister
3. In a parliamentary system of government, a vote of no
   confidence leads to the resignation of
   A. the entire cabinet
   B. an individual minister
   C. the entire parliament
   D. the prime minister
4. In a presidential system of government, the president
   checks the legislature through
   A. executive order
   B. executive review
   C. exercise of power
   D. legislative order
5. The economic basis of feudalism is
   A. capital
   B. agriculture
   C. slavery
   D. trade.
6. The creation of a classless society is the ultimate aim of
   A. communism
   B. capitalism
   C. socialism
   D. fascism
7. One of the sources of a constitution is
   A. constitutional law
   B. common law
   C. corporate law
   D. statutory law
8. The fundamental assumption on which the idea of the
   rule of law is based is
   A. rationality of human beings
   B. equality of human beings
   C. love for social justice
   D. supremacy of the constitution
9. The principle of separation of power was made popular
   by
   A. John Locke
   B. Baron de Montesquieu
   C. Thomas Hobbes
   D. Niccolo Machiavelli

1. Delegated legislation refers to the laws made by
   A. the legislature
   B. military governments
   C. civilian governments
   D. non-legislative bodies
2. Law made by state governments are known as
   A. edicts
   B. acts
   C. decrees
   D. bye-laws
3. The law of libel limits a citizen’s right freedom of
   A. association
   B. movement
   C. worship
   D. expression
4. The first franchise in the history of the democratic
   process is
   A. female franchise
   B. male franchise
   C. universal franchise
   D. property franchise
5. An interest group that admits members and conducts its
   affairs according to stated rules is described as
   A. institutional
   B. organizational
   C. associational
   D. non-associational
6. A major influence on the formulation of public opinion is
   A. public journals
   B. peer groups
   C. the family
   D. the mass media
7. The highes grade in the civil service is known as the
   A. technical cadre
   B. administrative cadre
   C. executive cadre
   D. clerical cadre
8. The pre-colonial Yoruba political system as a whole can
   best be described as a
   A. confederation of monarchies and chiefdoms
   B. federation of chiefdoms and localities
   C. highly contralized kingdom
   D. confederation of chiefdoms and localities
9. The major motivation of British colonization of Nigeria
   was to
   A. spread religion
   B. satisfy British economic interests
   C. westernize Nigerians
   D. protect Nigeria from external attack

1. The Native Authority system was most effective and
   successful in
   A. Western Nigeria
   B. Mid-Western Nigeria
   C. Northern Nigeria
   D. Eastren Nigeria.
2. The process of nationalism was accelerated by
   A. rapid economic development
   B. the coming of Christian missionaries
   C. the signing of the Atlantic Charter
   D. improvement in warfare tactics
3. A common feature of the earlier political parties in
   Nigeria was that they
   A. started as socio-cultural organizations
   B. were formed by the government
   C. were non-elitist in nature
   D. were backed by the colonialists.
4. Under the 1999 Constitution, the power to declare war is
   vested in the
   A. legislature
   B. executive
   C. National Council of States
   D. National Security Council
5. A distinguishing feature of the 1979 Constitution was the
   A. departure from the parliamentary to the presidential
   system
   B. preservation and entrenchment of republicanism
   C. introduction of unicameralism into Nigeria
   D. introduction of a federal structure.
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6. The two chambers of elected national representative in
   Nigeria are called
   A. the parliament
   B. the senate
   C. House of Assembly
   D. the National Assembly